The novel is a fairly close parody in general plot, but is filled with cheap gags (e.g. the palantír as a Magic 8-ball etc.), a lot of bad punning (especially on names), cowardly and unsympathetic characters, and dated 1960s references.

The Signet first edition cover, which parodies the LOTR paperback cover by artist Barbara Remington [1], was drawn by Michael K. Frith. William S. Donnell's parody map of Lower Middle Earth subsitutes Tüdor for Gondor and Fordor with Mordor.

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Bored of the Rings is also the title of a video game, an adventure game, written by Fergus McNeill and first released by Delta 4 Software in 1985 and then later re-released by Silversoft. The game is a parody, but isn't based on the book with the same title. The game is in three parts and was written using The Quill and The Illustrator. It was later followed up with the prequel The Boggit.

Bored of the Rings is also the title in the January 2004 edition of MAD Magazine, where MAD satirizes The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers as Bored of the Rings; The Two+ Hours. While some of the character's have the same parodied names as listed above (like Legolamb and Spam Gangrene), many have different names. A list of characters in this sketch includes: Dodo Gaggings, Spam Gangrene, Gandoof the Gray (or Gandoof the White), Argon, Legolamb, Golfclub (aka Cheesebal or Jar-Jar Jr.), Baggybuns, Pimple, Peppercorn and the Slobbits. The sketch is seven pages long and contains innumerably references to (then) current events.